Does anyone have an add-on PCIe LSI 9266-8i (ideally the C1 revision) SAS card? If so could I trouble you to extract firmware/bios/SBR files and share with me?
Before anyone says so, I know that it's supposed to be possible to flash these with generic firmware/bios straight from LSI. I tried that. A hundred times. It fails. My best guess is that this may be because there is no actual 9266-8i firmware flash from LSI; the closest I can find is the 9205-8e. The 2208-16i "generic" flash that's been recommended for reverting bricked cards also doesn't do anything...
I have managed to accidentally partially brick my card when flashing firmware and I am hoping you could bail me out
Thanks
Zach
Before anyone says so, I know that it's supposed to be possible to flash these with generic firmware/bios straight from LSI. I tried that. A hundred times. It fails. My best guess is that this may be because there is no actual 9266-8i firmware flash from LSI; the closest I can find is the 9205-8e. The 2208-16i "generic" flash that's been recommended for reverting bricked cards also doesn't do anything...
I have managed to accidentally partially brick my card when flashing firmware and I am hoping you could bail me out
- megarec can see my card and "successfully" apply flashes (using the "mode zero" -m0flash switch) but this has no effect after reboot
- sas2flash can see my card and successfully hostboot the 9205-8e firmware but the application of the bios/firmware fails
- I am stuck in this state; I can't revert to IMR/Megaraid mode nor can I complete the flash to IT mode
Code:
Advanced Mode Set
Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2208(C1)
Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image
Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum.
Firmware Version 17.00.01.00
Firmware Image compatible with Controller.
Valid NVDATA Image found.
NVDATA Version 11.00.00.00
Checking for a compatible NVData image...
NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified.
Valid Initialization Image verified.
Valid BootLoader Image verified.
Chip is in RESET state. Attempting Host Boot...
Firmware Host Boot Successful.
Writing Current Mfg Page 2 Settings to NVRAM.
Failed to Validate Mfg Page 2!
Zach